A Starline In the Galaxie

Introduced in 1958, the Galaxie was Ford's top of the line full sized car. In 1960 the company introduced two new trims to make up the Ford Galaxie Special Series. The hard top, fastback version was called the Starliner. The thin pillars and sleek fastback design was emblematic of "jet age" design that dominated at the time.

The standard engine was a 292 cubic inch Y Block V 8 which is the power plant of our featured car. There was an optional 352 engine available and in 1961 you could order your Starliner with the Thunderbird 390 cube monster that roared with 375 horse power.

The Starliner trim, despite being fairly popular, only lasted those two years and so these cars are fairly rare. A total of 68,841 were built in 1960 with 29,669 more rolled out in 1961.